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Detail the specific Tracy argues were later "mythologized" as medieval (like the Iron Maiden)

Torture and Brutality in Medieval Literature - Boydell and Brewer Torture and Brutality in Medieval Literature: N...

In (2012), Larissa Tracy challenges the popular myth that the Middle Ages were a time of sadistic and unprovoked torment . Her central argument is that literary depictions of torture were not mirrors of actual historical practice but were instead complex rhetorical tools used to critique authority and define national boundaries. Core Argument: Torture as "Othering" Detail the specific Tracy argues were later "mythologized"

The guide is structured by genre and region to show how these motifs shifted across different traditions: Torture and Brutality in Medieval Literature: N...